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SE5 8RU

St Giles · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Giles
Local authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE5 8RS 5 m
SE5 8SF 19 m
SE5 8SE 56 m
SE5 9PH 57 m
SE5 9PP 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE5 8RU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2003
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8
Latitude
51.471891
Longitude
-0.092781
British National Grid easting
532,560
British National Grid northing
176,494

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Electoral ward
St Giles · E05011115
Parish or community
E43000218
Westminster constituency
Peckham · E14001421
Output area
E00019687
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 024A · E01003913
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 024 · E02000830

Postcode source versions

Explore SE5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
299
Primary
164
Secondary
41

  1. Crawford Primary School

    Community school

    201 m

  2. Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School

    Academy special converter

    255 m

  3. Lyndhurst Primary School

    Academy converter

    366 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13,022
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,962
  • Anti social behaviour 1,692
  • Other theft 1,077
  • Theft from the person 998
  • Vehicle crime 787

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE5 8 residents
14,457

Age bands in SE5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

2,258 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.5%

2,077 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.8%

5,966 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.2%

3,727 residents

Age 65 and over
8.8%

1,361 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

100

within 5 km straight-line

  • CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY

    17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF

    ODS code G85013

    307 m

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    321 m

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    438 m

  • BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85726

    669 m

  • ST GILES SURGERY

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85042

    669 m

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU

    ODS code G85690

    885 m

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85695

    961 m

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code Y05161

    961 m

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85054

    961 m

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85135

    961 m

  • THE LISTER PRACTICE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85715

    1.2 km

  • THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85134

    1.2 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    1.3 km

  • DMC CHADWICK ROAD

    60 CHADWICK ROAD, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4PU

    ODS code G85031

    1.4 km

  • TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY

    72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY

    ODS code G85132

    1.6 km

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    1.7 km

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    1.8 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.8 km

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP

    ODS code G85016

    1.8 km

  • EAST STREET

    HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN

    ODS code G85721

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 100 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Coldharbour Lane

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.0 miles

  • Valmar Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.0 miles

  • Valmar Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.1 miles

  • Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.1 miles

  • Coldharbour Lane

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 024A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,843 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

299 open schools are in scope, including 164 primary and 41 secondary schools. Crawford Primary School is the nearest published school at 201 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

13,022 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,085.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,962 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.